#: pwsget.sh:23
msgid "Copy and Paste URL location of required file into \"Address\". Add destination and click \"OK\". If the site requires it, you can enter \"Login\" and \"Password\"."
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:26
msgid "Login:"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:29
msgid "Password:"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:32
msgid "Address:"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:36
msgid "Dest Dir:"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:46
msgid "HELP"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:46
msgid "Pwget is a simple front end to the wget utility. Wget is used for downloading larger files from the internet such as ISOs. The files are verified during the download procedure. As ISO and other files are checked and downloads resumed, they do not require a md5sum check. Copy and paste the source file you wish to download. Use the file selector to choose the destination. \\n\\n Lobster, Jan 2008"
msgstr ""

#: pwsget.sh:49
msgid "Download"
msgstr ""

3. Made a .po file from the .pot (same voodoo) and translated.

4. Made and added .mo file to LC_MESSAGES.

5. Pwsget still in English.

I did this twice to make certain it was not an accidental error. No juice....

I have been trying to reproduce your attempt
but without "vodoo", just command line pasted into this post:

console wrote:

# xgettext --language=shell pwsget -o puppy.pot
# msginit
The new message catalog should contain your email address, so that users can
give you feedback about the translations, and so that maintainers can contact
you in case of unexpected technical problems.

Retrieving http://translationproject.org/team/index.html... done.
A translation team for your language (de) does not exist yet.
If you want to create a new translation team for de, please visit
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/teams.html
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/leaders.html
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/index.html

EDIT: think I got it you have the line ready to be pasted with 'puppy.pot' included...saves on typing. De .po is always going to be 'de.po' anyway! (should have thought about it first!)_________________Edited_time_total

I understand how you often prefer to use the terminal. But it's not up to me as a translator to tell the Dutch speaking people not to use pwsget -or uGet for that matter (which I also translated, but needs a new version from ppm I think to be localised.)

You are an experienced coder/programmer, please don't forget 99.36% of the population is afraid of things called 'console' and feels completely at home in a verbose-less environment, just icons to click or touch...

edit: btw I had wget.mo already included in what will be next langpack. I'm not that prejudised

Yes, I had lots of failures.
Don't be so modest, you're an excellent teacher! If it weren't by you I wouldn't have this skill -- and even if I still have a lot to learn it's really helpful. _________________OB Precise 15.01 kernel 3.17.7|Puppy Linux en español